Harness-saddle spring.



wihwoow W. H. AIDE.

HARNESS SADDLE SPRING.

APPLICATION PILEb SEPT. 9. 1909 923,102. Patented May 25, 1909 Ewueu for Mam/i To all whom it may concern:

UNITED STATESPATENT oFFIoE.

WILLIAM H; AIDE, OF DODGEVILLE. WISCONSIN {ASSIGNO R OF ONE-HALF 'lO ELMER E. JACK- SON, OF DODGEVIIJLE, WISCONSIN.

HARNESS-SADDLE SPRING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 25, i909.

Application filed September 9,1908. Serial No. 452,310.

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. Anus, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dodgeville, in the, county of Iowa, State of \Nisconsin, have invented. certain new and useful Improvements in .Harness-Saddle Springsj and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will. enable others skilled inthe art to which it appertains to make and use the same. A

The invention relates to harness saddle springs and more particularly to the class of springs adapted to be fixedly connected within a saddle andcarrying side straps for connection with a belly or girth band of horse harness or the like.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of harness saddle springs mounted within .a saddle and. carrying side straps adapted to be connected to a belly or girth band of a harness so as to sup )ort said band to permit a slight give or yielding qualities between the saddle strap and the said girth or belly band ,and thereby overcome the binding of the latter about the animal.

Another object of the invention is the pro vision of a flexible connection between a saddle and side straps of a harness to permit a slight give between the saddle and a belly or girth band connected to'the side strap so as to prevent undue frictional rubbing of said band upon the hide of an animatwhen the saddle is in use.

With these and other objects in view the invention for example consists in the construction and. the combination and arrangeinent'of the parts as will be more fully hereinafter described and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings embodying the pre ferred form of construction of the invention.

It is to be understood that changes, variations and modifications may be made such as come properly within the scope of the claim l'iereunto a pended without departing from the spirit 0 i the same.

In the drawings :-Figure 1 is a side elevation of a harness saddle with the invention applied thereto and the same being partly broken away. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of a harness saddle with the top strap or outer covering strip of the same removed and the invention in position thereon. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of one of the harness saddle springs removed from a saddle.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts through the several views of the drawings.

In the drawings :-lhe numeral 5 designates'gerre rally a harness saddle of the ordinary construction, comprising; a treeo having connected to its under face a back pad 7 and upon the top face is mounted a covering strip 8. Fitted within the saddle 5 at opposite sides thereof'between the tree 6 and covering strip 8 are yieldable devices 9 forming the saddle spring comprising U- shaped sections 10 and 1], each having formed at the end of its legs 12 eyes or loops 13 for slidahly connecting the sections together. Surrounding the legs 1'2 of the said sections are coiled expansion springs 14, the opposite ends of which have their bearings against the eves or'loops l3 and are adapted to permit yielding of the sections with re spect to each other: T he section 10 is formed at its closed end with a loop 15' which receivcs the threaded shank 16 of a terret 1.7 n-iounted upon the pad skirt and which shank securely fastens the yieldable device in position within the saddle between the tree and covering. strip thereof.

Connected to the closed end of the section 11 is a sidestrap 18, the latter forming a connection for a belly or girth band 19 of a barnessand which band is placed about the belly of a horse while the saddle is placed on the back of said hoi'sc.

It is obvious that the yieldable devices having connection with side straps. and mounted within the saddle afford a slight give to the belly or girth band connect-ed to said side straps to effect a comfortable fit of these parts when applied to a horse or the like. Of course, it will be understood that '95 the springs 14 will be of suliicient tension to belly band, of yieldable devices mounted! strap carried by the other U-shaped member within the saddle, each comprising slidably for connection with the belly band. 1') connected Ushaped members, eyes formed In testimony whereof, Ieflix mysigmiture, on the ends of said members, expansion in presence of two witnesses.

j springs coiled about the members and hav- VVILLIAM H. AIDE.

ing their bearings against said eyes, a loop \Vitnesses: formed on one of the Sil-ld members for coni T. M. STRONG,.

nection of the same with the saddle, and a i H. C. STRONG. 

